First description of the sexuals of Camponotus opaciventris Mayr, 1879 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), with notes on distribution in Western Himalaya

Abstract. BACKGROUND: The taxonomy of Camponotus ants in India is mostly based on the worker caste, described in about 96% of the known species (AntWeb 2016). However, nearly 48% of these ant species are only known from workers, with no record of sexual forms. To improve knowledge of Indian Camponot...

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Autores principales: Wachkoo, Aijaz Ahmad, Akbar, Shahid Ali
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Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2016
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Taxonomic Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5267548/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28174505
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e10464
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description Abstract. BACKGROUND: The taxonomy of Camponotus ants in India is mostly based on the worker caste, described in about 96% of the known species (AntWeb 2016). However, nearly 48% of these ant species are only known from workers, with no record of sexual forms. To improve knowledge of Indian Camponotus, we here describe sexuals of Camponotus opaciventris Mayr 1879. NEW INFORMATION: The hitherto unknown sexuals of Camponotus opaciventris Mayr 1879 are described for the first time. Workers are redescribed and distribution of this ant species in Indian Western Himalaya is herewith detailed.
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spelling pubmed-52675482017-02-07 First description of the sexuals of Camponotus opaciventris Mayr, 1879 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), with notes on distribution in Western Himalaya Wachkoo, Aijaz Ahmad Akbar, Shahid Ali Biodivers Data J Taxonomic Paper Abstract. BACKGROUND: The taxonomy of Camponotus ants in India is mostly based on the worker caste, described in about 96% of the known species (AntWeb 2016). However, nearly 48% of these ant species are only known from workers, with no record of sexual forms. To improve knowledge of Indian Camponotus, we here describe sexuals of Camponotus opaciventris Mayr 1879. NEW INFORMATION: The hitherto unknown sexuals of Camponotus opaciventris Mayr 1879 are described for the first time. Workers are redescribed and distribution of this ant species in Indian Western Himalaya is herewith detailed. Pensoft Publishers 2016-12-08 /pmc/articles/PMC5267548/ /pubmed/28174505 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e10464 Text en Aijaz Ahmad Wachkoo, Shahid Ali Akbar http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CC-BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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First description of the sexuals of Camponotus opaciventris Mayr, 1879 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), with notes on distribution in Western Himalaya
title First description of the sexuals of Camponotus opaciventris Mayr, 1879 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), with notes on distribution in Western Himalaya
title_full First description of the sexuals of Camponotus opaciventris Mayr, 1879 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), with notes on distribution in Western Himalaya
title_fullStr First description of the sexuals of Camponotus opaciventris Mayr, 1879 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), with notes on distribution in Western Himalaya
title_full_unstemmed First description of the sexuals of Camponotus opaciventris Mayr, 1879 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), with notes on distribution in Western Himalaya
title_short First description of the sexuals of Camponotus opaciventris Mayr, 1879 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), with notes on distribution in Western Himalaya
title_sort first description of the sexuals of camponotus opaciventris mayr, 1879 (hymenoptera, formicidae), with notes on distribution in western himalaya
topic Taxonomic Paper
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5267548/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28174505
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e10464
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